Abstract

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced in December
2009 over $31 million in funding through its Technology Innovation Program (TIP) for nine new cost-sharing projects
that will support innovative, high-risk research in novel nanomaterials or nanomanufacturing technologies that address critical national needs. Also: Metal-Catalyst-Free CVD Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes; Deterministic Field Assisted Assembly; Nanotechnology Prevalent Among R&D 100 Competition Winners.